BEFORE YOU START
Before you start
Prepare the PowerPoint file (.pptx) you want to turn into a video and open the MotionVox home screen. The tutorials in this chapter follow the same five-slide deck.
Screenshots show actual sample projects. Instructions describe desktop browser operation; this guide can also be read on a phone.
Where the Play through button is
The Play through button is always at the upper right of the studio. The figure shows step 4, Slides and script.
- Click ▶ Play through at the upper right. Playback starts at once, with sound.
- Actual length beside it shows the total: 3:20 here.
- To check a single slide, use the buttons under the preview to play just that slide.
- Action Click ▶ Play through at the upper right. Playback starts at once, with sound.
- Check Actual length beside it shows the total: 3:20 here.
- Check To check a single slide, use the buttons under the preview to play just that slide.
Check Sound will play, so lower the volume or use earphones when others are nearby.
Review the whole flow with Play through
After checking each slide, click Play through at the upper right to review from the beginning. You can check slide changes, captions and emphasis together.
- Watch whether slides, captions and emphasis change in step with the narration. The current slide number appears at the top. In the figure, a red underline emphasis appears on part of the cover.
- Use the buttons at the lower left to pause, stop or move to the previous or next line.
- Click × at the upper right when you have finished.
- Check Watch whether slides, captions and emphasis change in step with the narration. The current slide number appears at the top. In the figure, a red underline emphasis appears on part of the cover.
- Action Use the buttons at the lower left to pause, stop or move to the previous or next line.
- Action Click × at the upper right when you have finished.
Check Play through starts immediately, with sound. The moving presenter video has not been generated at this stage, so focus on the flow and caption readability. A Fix this line button is also shown for lines you want to change.
You can also check from step 5, Finish
The step 5 screen also has entries for checking the whole video. The figure shows it after the video was finished.
- ▶ Play through is at the upper right on the Finish screen too.
- The Review in sequence card says it runs the slide, presenter, captions and narration on a timeline for a final check.
- The Total length box shows the video length, 3:20.
- Check ▶ Play through is at the upper right on the Finish screen too.
- Check The Review in sequence card says it runs the slide, presenter, captions and narration on a timeline for a final check.
- Check The Total length box shows the video length, 3:20.
Check Check four things: slides change in step with the talk, captions are a readable length, numbers and names are read correctly, and emphasis appears on what is being said.
BEFORE YOU FINISH
One final check.
After the last slide, continue to Finish.
About this feature: PowerPoint to video →